TY - BOOK AU - Gibbons,Simon TI - English and its teachers: a history of policy, pedagogy and practice T2 - National Association for the Teaching of English (NATE) SN - 9781138948938 (pbk.) : AV - PE68.G5 G53 2017 PY - 2017/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - English philology KW - Study and teaching KW - England KW - History KW - English language KW - Languages KW - ukslc N2 - 'English and Its Teachers' offers a historical overview of the development of secondary English teaching in schools over the past 50 years. Initially charting the rise of a new progressive approach in the 1960s, the book then considers the implications for the subject and its teachers of three decades of central policy intervention. Throughout, document and interview data are combined to construct a narrative that details the fascinating and, at times, turbulent history ER -